flotation device
noun
: a floating device that is designed to save a person from drowning : life preserver
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Paddlers must wear a personal flotation device and bring their own watercraft and whistle.
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Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
The drill is familiar for most airline passengers: how to buckle up your seat belt, put on the oxygen masks and use the seat cushion as a flotation device.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
Paddlers must bring their watercraft, a personal flotation device such as a life jacket, and a whistle.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
His wife Kimberly, clinging to their 2-year-old daughter Riley and using a book bag as a flotation device, drifted away in the strong current before another stranger pulled them safely to shore.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
The drill is familiar for most airline passengers: how to buckle up your seat belt, put on the oxygen masks and use the seat cushion as a flotation device.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
Paddlers must bring their watercraft, a personal flotation device such as a life jacket, and a whistle.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
His wife Kimberly, clinging to their 2-year-old daughter Riley and using a book bag as a flotation device, drifted away in the strong current before another stranger pulled them safely to shore.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Flotation device.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flotation%20device. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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